Top floor, in a residence with a pool, ten minutes from the baroque centre of Lecce. Energy class B on a 2003 building is above what the city usually offers, and it shows up every month on the bills.
What you get
Heating here is independent of the block, so you pay for what you use and set your own hours. The flat has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a laundry and a balcony wide enough to use as a room. It measures 126 square metres, and the address is Via Belloluogo, in the Borgo Pace district. It comes with a large private garage, fitted with a charging point for an electric car, and a cellar.
There are photovoltaic panels on the building, and whose they are is a question of paperwork. Built in 2003 and in good condition.
| Price | €270,000 |
|---|---|
| Floor area | 126 m² |
| Bedrooms | 2 |
| Bathrooms | 2 |
| Rooms | 3 |
| Year built | 2003 |
| Energy class | B |
| Condition | Good condition |
| Reference | MIL-0022 |
Where it is
Borgo Pace sits north of the centre of Lecce, near the Belloluogo tower and its park. The historic centre is a short drive or a long walk.
The residence has a shared pool, which is the part that changes how the place feels in July and the part that shows up in the service charges.
One thing to confirm on the paperwork: that the independent heating system is certified and compliant.
Questions buyers ask
What costs come with a residence that has a pool?
The service charges, and a liability that most buyers meet only after the deed. Under the civil code you become jointly liable with the seller for the charges of the current management year and the one before it, and that year often does not begin in January. So if the block approved pool works last year and the seller left them unpaid, the administrator can come to you for the money. Ask the administrator, not the seller, for a written statement of arrears, and get the last accounts and the recent minutes with it. Settle whatever is outstanding at the deed. The pool is also the item most likely to need extraordinary work, and the minutes are where that shows.
What does 'independent heating' mean in a block of flats?
The saving is real and so is the duty that comes with it: an individual boiler is yours to service and to have inspected on the schedule the Region sets, with each check recorded in the plant logbook. Ask to see that logbook and the most recent flue-gas test. A missing logbook is cheap to put right and awkward to discover on the day of the deed, which is usually when it surfaces.
Does the photovoltaic system belong to the block or to the apartment?
It is not settled yet. The system was installed as work on the building, not on this flat, which points one way without proving it. What settles it is the deed you buy under, the block regulations and the meeting minutes. Read them for who paid for the panels, where the meter sits, and whether the meeting attached any condition to the installation. A shared system spreads the benefit and the cost across every unit; a private one is yours alone. We go through the regulations and the system documentation with you, since those same answers decide what you are free to add afterwards.
See it for yourself
Camillo takes the enquiries that come from abroad and answers them in English himself. Send him the dates of your next trip through the contact form and he will have the flat open for you. By phone, the office is on +39 0832 391489.
Reference for this property: MIL-0022. We have been FIMAA-registered agents in Lecce since 1994, we work in English every day, and the Google rating for the office is 4.9 from 59 reviews.